Posts Tagged ‘toyota’

Toyota 100 Cars for Good begins taking your votes today

Toyota is asking the public to pick a charity a day for the next 100 days to receive a free vehicle as part of their annual 100 Cars for Good event. You can vote for your charity picks starting right now. Pinboard (MacAaron:tnev)

The all-electric Toyota RAV4 EV revealed at EVS26

The Toyota RAV4 EV, the first all-electric SUV to be produced, was revealed today at the Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles with a range of 100 miles and a 240 volt/40 amp charger, capable of a complete recharge in six hours. Pinboard (MacAaron:tnev)

Driving Ms. Eva in the 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE

Sometimes driving is more about the passengers as was the case when I drove the 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE to Wichita last week to visit Ms. Eva, a respectfully submitted pseudonym for my dear mother’s true name. Pinboard (MacAaron:tnev)

Toyota Motorsport Sets new Lap Record for EV

Image via Wikipedia Toyota Motorsport GmbH has set a new lap record for an electric vehicle at the Nurburgring Nordshleife 20.8km circuit in Germany.  The TMG EV P001 is 100% electric and had Jochen Krumbach at the wheel when it made a lap time of 7:47.794 minutes to beat the old record of 9:1.338 by [...]

The 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid – surprisingly powerful, predictably efficient

I recently logged over a thousand miles on a 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE – the top of the line fuel sipping version of Toyota’s top selling midsized sedan – and while the new Camry Hybrid packed all of the amenities that you would expect from the range topping trimline, it was the performance of [...]

Toyota introduces next-generation B-segment hybrid with 112 mpg US

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) unveiled the FT-Bh (Future Toyota B-segment Hybrid), a lightweight, next-generation small gasoline-electric hybrid concept car at the 82nd Geneva International Motor Show. TMC, expecting hybrid vehicle use to become widespread in the second half of the 2010s, developed the FT-Bh as a B-segment, ultra fuel-efficient concept car under the theme of “ecomotion” (eco [...]